Jasper Threatened
Jasper is one of those places where you drive through with your mouth open in amazement. This image is one of many from the area when we visited for a few days in June last year. The following day, we were storm stayed by heavy wet snow. This morning, I was heartbroken to read that the town was evacuated with very little notice last night due to encroaching wildfires, which threatened to trap the residents and visitors. Even the Icefields Parkway, described as one of the most scenic routes in Canada, is affected by the fires.
I found this scene itself interesting because it showed the trees along the shore in different stages of collapse as the fast flowing river erodes the banks.
Jasper Threatened
Jasper is one of those places where you drive through with your mouth open in amazement. This image is one of many from the area when we visited for a few days in June last year. The following day, we were storm stayed by heavy wet snow. This morning, I was heartbroken to read that the town was evacuated with very little notice last night due to encroaching wildfires, which threatened to trap the residents and visitors. Even the Icefields Parkway, described as one of the most scenic routes in Canada, is affected by the fires.
I found this scene itself interesting because it showed the trees along the shore in different stages of collapse as the fast flowing river erodes the banks.